حمر

Root entry · 40 derived lemmas

The root حمر (ḥ-m-r) primarily relates to redness, heat, and intensity. It extends to concepts of harshness, stripping, and peeling, as well as the animal donkey and related terms. It also encompasses specific plants, birds, and geographical locations.

Derived headwords

حِمَارَةnoun

1.
intense heatclassical
The extreme heat of summer or mid-summer.
2.
harshnessclassical
Intensity or harshness, applied to weather or other phenomena.

حَمَرَverb

1.
to peelboth
To strip or peel something, such as skin, hide, or the surface of the earth.
2.
to scrapeclassical
To scrape or abrade the surface of something, like a hide or a wound.
3.
to shaveclassical
To shave or scrape the head.

حِمْرnoun

1.
strippingclassical
The act of peeling, stripping, or scraping.
2.
flayingclassical
The act of flaying or skinning an animal.

مَحْمُورadjective

1.
peeledclassical
Having been peeled or stripped.

حِمَارnoun

1.
donkeyboth
A donkey, whether domestic or wild.
2.
brayingclassical
The braying sound made by a donkey.

حُمُرnoun

1.
donkeysboth
Plural of donkey (حمار).

أَحْمِرَةnoun

1.
donkeysclassical
A plural of donkey (حمار).

حَمِيرnoun

1.
donkeysclassical
A plural of donkey (حمار).

حُمُورnoun

1.
donkeysclassical
A plural of donkey (حمار).

حَمَرَاتnoun

1.
donkeysclassical
A plural of donkey (حمار).

حِمَارَةnoun

1.
donkey ownersclassical
People who own or travel with donkeys.
2.
fast horsesclassical
Horses that run with the speed of donkeys (used metaphorically).

حَامِرadjective

1.
having a donkeyclassical
Possessing or associated with a donkey.

حَمَّارadjective

1.
having donkeysclassical
One who has donkeys; a donkey owner.

حَمَارَةnoun

1.
group of donkeysclassical
A group of people associated with donkeys.

حَمِيرَةnoun

1.
white leatherclassical
A type of white, peeled leather used to reinforce saddles.

مُحَمَّرadjective

1.
ignoble horseclassical
An ignoble or low-bred horse, resembling a donkey in its slowness.
2.
ignoble personclassical
An ignoble or mean-spirited person.

مَحَامِرnoun

1.
ignoble horsesclassical
Plural of محمر (ignoble horse).

مَحَامِيرnoun

1.
ignoble horsesclassical
Plural of محمر (ignoble horse).

حُمْرadjective

1.
slowclassical
Slow or sluggish, referring to a horse's gait.

حُمْرَةnoun

1.
disease of horsesclassical
A disease affecting horses, characterized by bad breath, often from eating too much barley.
2.
redness of gumsclassical
The redness of gums, especially when teeth have fallen out.

حَمِرَverb

1.
to have bad breathclassical
To have foul breath, specifically referring to a horse suffering from a certain ailment.
2.
to be angryclassical
To be burning with anger or rage.

حَمِرٌadjective

1.
angryclassical
Burning with anger or rage.

حَمِرِينadjective

1.
angry peopleclassical
Plural adjective for people who are intensely angry.

حِمَارَةُ الْقَدَمِnoun

1.
instepclassical
The prominent part of the foot above the arch, between the toes and the ankle.

حَمَائِرnoun

1.
stones around a wellclassical
Stones placed around a well or water basin to prevent spillage.
2.
stones around a tentclassical
Stones placed around a hunter's tent for support or structure.
3.
stones on a graveclassical
Stones placed upon a grave.
4.
tripod for water skinclassical
A tripod made of sticks for hanging a water skin to cool it.
5.
wooden frame for milkclassical
Three or four sticks tied together with a crossbar, used to support a milk container.

حِمَارَةnoun

1.
large stoneclassical
A large, broad stone.
2.
support beamclassical
A wooden beam or support, such as in a tent or a camel saddle.

حِمَارُ الصَّيْقَلِnoun

1.
polishing woodclassical
The wooden block or tool used by a blacksmith or polisher to smooth metal.

حِمَارُ الطُّنْبُورِnoun

1.
lute partclassical
A known part of a lute or similar instrument.

حِمَارُ قُبَّانٍnoun

1.
ground insectclassical
A small, ground-dwelling insect with many legs.

حِمَارَانِnoun

1.
stones for drying cheeseclassical
Two stones set up to support a flat stone (العلاة) on which cheese curds are dried.

حُمْرُ الْكُلَىadjective

1.
emaciatedclassical
Emaciated or weak, referring to sheep or goats with pale kidneys.

حَوْمَرnoun

1.
tamarindboth
The tamarind tree or its fruit.

حُمْرَةnoun

1.
red birdboth
A small bird, similar to a sparrow; a robin or finch.
2.
larkclassical
A lark, another type of bird.

حُمْرnoun

1.
red birdsboth
Plural of حمرة (red bird).

يَحْمُورnoun

1.
birdclassical
A type of bird.
2.
wild assclassical
A wild ass or a creature resembling a goat.

حَمْرَاءُ الْأَسَدِname

1.
place nameclassical
A proper noun referring to a specific location.

حِمْيَرname

1.
tribe nameclassical
The name of an ancient South Arabian tribe and their ancestor.

حَمْيَرِيّadjective

1.
of Himyarclassical
Pertaining to the Himyarite tribe or their language.

حَمَّرَverb

1.
to speak Himyariticclassical
To speak the language of the Himyarites, which differed from standard Arabic.

أُذُنُ الْحِمَارِnoun

1.
plant nameclassical
A plant with broad leaves, resembling a donkey's ear.

Parallel reading

حمارة الصيف شدة وقت حره

The intense heat of summer is the severity of its hottest time.

إن وراءك لقرا حمرا

Indeed, behind you is a severe winter.

أتيته في حمارة القيظ وفي صبارة الشتاء

I came to him during the intense heat of summer and the severe cold of winter.

كنا في حمراء القيظ على ماء شفية

We were in the height of summer's heat by a clear, fresh water source.

في حمارة القيظ أي في شدة الحر

In the intense heat of summer, meaning in the severity of the heat.

قرب حمر: شديد

A close, intense (thing): severe.

حمر الغيث: معظمه وشدته

The abundance of rain: its bulk and intensity.

غيث حمر، مثل فلز: شديد يقشر وجه الأرض

Intense rain, like metal: severe, it strips the face of the earth.

يحمر الأرض حمرا أي يقشرها

It strips the earth, meaning it peels it.

الحمر: النتق

Stripping: flaying.

حمر الشاة يحمرها حمرا: نتقها أي سلخها

He flayed the sheep, flaying it: meaning he skinned it.

حمر الخارز سيره يحمره، بالضم، حمرا: سحا بطنه بحديدة ثم لينه بالدهن ثم خرز به فسهل

He prepared the shoemaker's thread by softening it: he scraped its belly with iron, then softened it with fat, then stitched with it, making it easy.

وكل شيء قشرته، فقد حمرته، فهو محمور وحمير

And anything you peel, you have peeled it; it is peeled and stripped.

حمرت الجلد إذا قشرته وحلقته

You peeled the skin when you scraped and shaved it.

حمر رأسه: حلقه

He shaved his head: he cut it off.

الحمار: النهاق من ذوات الأربع، أهليا كان أو وحشيا

The donkey: the braying of quadrupeds, whether domestic or wild.

قدمنا رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، ليلة جمع على حمرات

We arrived with the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, on the night of Jam' on donkeys.

مقيدة الحمار: الحرة لأن الحمار الوحشي يعتقل فيها فكأنه مقيد

The place of the wild ass: the lava field, because the wild ass is trapped there as if it were tethered.

رجل حامر وحمار: ذو حمار، كما يقال فارس لذي الفرس

A man who is a donkey-owner and a donkey: one who has a donkey, just as one says 'a horseman' for one who has a horse.

إنه أراد بالحمارة الخيل التي تعدو عدو الحمير

He meant by Al-Ḥimārah the horses that run with the speed of donkeys.

فرس محمر: لئيم يشبه الحمار في جريه من بطئه

An ignoble horse: mean, resembling a donkey in its slow run.

حمر الفرس حمرا، فهو حمر: سنق من أكل الشعير

The horse became slow from eating barley, it is slow: it suffered from eating barley.

الحمر، بالتحريك، داء يعتري الدابة من كثرة الشعير فينتن فوه

Al-Ḥumr, with vowelization: a disease that befalls an animal from too much barley, causing its mouth to become foul.

كانت لنا داجن فحمرت من عجين

We had a domestic animal that became ill from dough.

حمر فلان علي يحمر حمرا إذا تحرق عليك غضبا وغيظا

So-and-so became enraged with me, burning with anger and fury.

ويقطع السارق من حمارة القدم

And the thief is cut off from the instep of the foot.

وهي ما أشرف بين مفصلها وأصابعها من فوق

It is what is prominent between its joint and its toes from above.

الحمائر حجارة تنصب حول قترة الصائد، واحدها حمارة

Al-Ḥamā'ir are stones set up around the hunter's blind, the singular of which is ḥimārah.

الحمارة حجارة تنصب حول الحوض لئلا يسيل ماؤه

Al-Ḥimārah is stones set up around the basin to prevent its water from flowing out.

الحمائر حجارة تجعل حول الحوض ترد الماء إذا طغى

Al-Ḥamā'ir are stones placed around the basin that hold back the water when it overflows.

وضعته «1». على حمارة من جريد

He placed it on a tripod of palm fronds.

والحمائر ثلاث خشبات يوثقن ويجعل عليهن الوطب لئلا يقرضه الحرقوص، واحدتها حمارة

And Al-Ḥamā'ir are three sticks tied together, and the milk skin is placed upon them so that the scorpion does not sting it; their singular is ḥimārah.

والحمارة: خشبة تكون في الهودج

And Al-Ḥimārah: a wooden beam that is in the howdah.

والحمار ثلاث خشبات أو أربع تعترض عليها خشبة وتؤسر بها

And Al-Ḥimār are three or four wooden sticks, with a crossbeam placed across them and secured.

الحمار العود الذي يحمل عليه الأقتاب

Al-Ḥimār is the stick upon which the saddle pads are carried.

حمار الصيقل خشبته التي يصقل عليها الحديد

The polisher's ḥimār is his wood upon which he polishes the iron.

حمار قبان: دويبة صغيرة لازقة بالأرض ذات قوائم كثيرة

Ḥimār Qabbān: a small, ground-dwelling creature with many legs.

الحماران: حجران ينصبان يطرح عليهما حجر رقيق يسمى العلاة يجفف عليه الأقط

Al-Ḥimārān: two stones set up, upon which a thin stone called Al-'Alāh is placed, on which cheese curds are dried.

الحمائر: حجارة تنصب على القبر، واحدتها حمارة

Al-Ḥamā'ir: stones set up on the grave, the singular of which is ḥimārah.

جاء بغنمه حمر الكلى، وجاء بها سود البطون، معناهما المهازيل

He brought his sheep with pale kidneys, and he brought them with black bellies; their meaning is emaciated.

والحمر والحومر، والأول أعلى: التمر الهندي

And Al-Ḥumr and Al-Ḥawmar, the former being more common: the tamarind.

الحمرة والحمرة: طائر من العصافير

Al-Ḥumrah and Al-Ḥumrah: a bird from the sparrows.

فإذا أنتم جبناء. ولصاف: موضع من منازل بني تميم، فجعلهم في لصاف بمنزلة الحمر، متى ورد عليها أدنى وارد طارت فتركت بيضها لجبنها وخوفها على نفسها

And behold, you are cowards. And Lāṣāf: a place in the dwellings of Banu Tamim, so he likened them in Lāṣāf to the red birds, which when any visitor approaches, they fly away and leave their eggs due to their cowardice and fear for themselves.

يقال للحمر، وهي طائر: حمر، بالتخفيف، الواحدة حمرة وحمرة

It is said of Al-Ḥumr, which is a bird: ḥumr, with abbreviation, the singular is ḥimrah and ḥumrah.

فخففها ضرورة؛ وفي الصحاح: إن لا تلافهم؛ وقيل: الحمرة القبرة، وحمرات جمع

So he shortened it out of necessity; and in Al-Ṣiḥāḥ: 'if you do not save them'; and it was said: Al-Ḥumrah is the lark, and ḥamrāt is its plural.

نزلت مع رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، فجاءت حمرة

We alighted with the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, and a ḥumrah came.

اليحمور: طائر

Al-Yaḥmūr: a bird.

اليحمور أيضا: دابة تشبه العنز؛ وقيل: اليحمور حمار الوحش

Al-Yaḥmūr also: an animal resembling a goat; and it was said: Al-Yaḥmūr is the wild ass.

حمير: أبو قبيلة، ذكر ابن الكلبي أنه كان يلبس حللا حمرا، وليس ذلك بقوي

Ḥimyar: the ancestor of a tribe; Ibn Al-Kalbi mentioned that he used to wear red garments, but this is not strongly supported.

يذهب بنفسه حتى كأنه ملك من ملوك حمير

He carries himself as if he were a king from the kings of Himyar.

ثب، وثب بالحميرية: اجلس

Thub, and thub in Himyaritic: sit down.

من دخل ظفار حمر أي تعلم الحميرية

Whoever enters Ẓafār should learn Himyaritic, meaning learn the Himyaritic language.

الحمرة، بسكون الميم، نبت

Al-Ḥumrah, with a sukun on the mim, is a plant.

ما تذكر من عجوز حمراء الشدقين

She did not remember the old woman with red cheeks.